
The **`window.location.assign()` method** belongs to the `Location` object. It allows the window to load a document specified by the provided #key# URL: Uniform Resource Locator #key#. Once you have navigated from the current window to the new one, you can still go back to the former by pressing the *back* button.

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## Syntax
```
location.assign(url)

// OR
window.location.assign(url)
```

## Parameter
`url`: this is the #key# URL: Uniform Resource Locator #key# that will be navigated to.

## Code
### Example 1
* Let's use the `window.location.assign()` to navigate to `"https://educative.io/answers"`. 
* In the example below, we create a `navigate()` function that will call the `window.locaton.assign()`. 

* An `onclick` event listener is added to the button to call this function when it is clicked.

<html>
<body>
  <h3>window.location.assign()</h3>
  <button onclick="navigate()">Navigate</button>
  <script>
    function navigate(){
      // navigate to edpresso page of educative.io
      window.location.assign("https://educative.io/edpresso")
    }
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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> Note: An incorrect URL will throw a `DOMException` error. 

### Example 2

* In the example below, we will use an invalid URL,
`"hps://educative.io/edpresso"`. 
* This will cause an error to occur and there will be no navigation.


<html>

<head>
</head>

<body>
  <h3>window.location.assign()</h3>
  <button onclick="navigate()">Navigate</button>
  <script>
    function navigate(){
      // will not navigate because URL is wrong
      window.location.assign("hps://educative.io/edpresso")
    }
  </script>
</body>

</html>

What is window.location.assign() in Javascript?

The window.location.assign() method belongs to the Location object. It allows the window to load a document specified by the provided URLUniform Resource Locator. Once you have navigated from the current window to the new one, you can still go back to the former by pressing the back button.  Syntax location.assign(url)  // OR window.location.assign(url)  Parameter url: this is the URLUniform Resource Locator that will be navigated to. Code Example 1   Let s use the window.location.assign() to navigate to  https://educative.io/answers .   In the example below, we create a navigate() function that will call the window.locaton.assign().   An onclick event listener is added to the button to call this function when it is clicked.   